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Originally Posted by Hsquared75
Thanks for the response so far.
For reference, i do live in Calgary, SW to be exact and very close to Trico, Southland Leisure Centre and Cardel Rec.
I enrolled him in a power skating class last summer, knowing that he was going to be in house league. That class looked fun for him.
Then I enrolled with the same company for a 5 day summer camp (mostly because he just had way too much time and energy at home..  ). He said he had a great time. But when I did stay a bit after dropping him off, those kids were so much better than him.
I don't care about the comparison, but it's more that I feel like I'm spending good money on him for minimum returns. Like these camps drill the kids, which is great! IF you already know the basic to work with. At least that's the feeling I got.
But googling for a company is just so overwhelming here  |
For skating, one guy I spoke with basically said he's going with figure skating, roller blades and random skates at the oval, rinks, dry rinks/concrete etc. His daughter is pretty good, but it's obviously more for fun than a future.
He said the figure skating lessons would help with her basic technique, then the other stuff they did as a family.
He felt that his daughter would continue learning more technique/balance chasing the other family member's bikes on the paths and would learn to stay strong on her skates by navigating uneven terrain (hills, cracks and gravel). I kinda assume that she'd be skating loops at certain parks like Bowness if the family members were so much faster than her? I think he basically got her to go from bike/scooter to roller skates for the summer.